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June 28, 2012

Cafe Pharma: "Sex is F'ing up Merck"

If you don't read Cafe Pharma, you really should. You learn a lot about how the sausage is made that is eventually put into our babies.

Or you could just go back to believing that what Pharma is selling you is actually based on hard science since all of those involved have the lazer focus of Stephen Hawking, the self discipline of an olympic athlete and the compassion for the vulnerable of Mother Theresa.

What people don’t or can’t understand is no matter how hard you work here you will not be rewarded or penalized. It’s just go with the flow. If you work your tail off what do you really think you will get? You will get a 3% raise rather than a 1% raise. There are companies knocking down our door stating we can do the exact same thing your people do at 15 cents on the dollar. I kid you not about that. Will it be lower quality, of course. Do they care, hell no. I can assure you that the reps will have it good when this is all over in comparison to others here. As far as QA goes, I never had any respect for what they do. They have the easiest jobs in the company. All they must do is check the results before the product is out the door. Process work is done by people much higher up than them. It’s of no surprise to anyone that they have such low self-esteem. With that come the behavior they exhibit today. I feel more sympathy for them than anything else. They have been put in a position that they can’t handle. Management does not help them in any way, shape or form. Don’t blast them for their unscrupulous ways. Just be happy you only have a work relationship with them.

If you are looking for Merck to give you career guidence, that was 20 years ago.

It is just not Merck who is doing this. All companies are moving production overseas. Also since companies don’t have direction how can they give it to their employees. Your confusing America 2012 with America 1970.

At the end of the day, pharmaceutical companies are leaving NJ as fast as they can. The worse part about it is the saturation it will cause when we will be looking for work. If you read the article these people did not see it coming.

What people don’t or can’t understand is no matter how hard you work here you will not be rewarded or penalized. It’s just go with the flow. If you work your tail off what do you really think you will get? You will get a 3% raise rather than a 1% raise. There are companies knocking down our door stating we can do the exact same thing your people do at 15 cents on the dollar. I kid you not about that. Will it be lower quality, of course. Do they care, hell no. I can assure you that the reps will have it good when this is all over in comparison to others here. As far as QA goes, I never had any respect for what they do. They have the easiest jobs in the company. All they must do is check the results before the product is out the door. Process work is done by people much higher up than them. It’s of no surprise to anyone that they have such low self-esteem. With that come the behavior they exhibit today. I feel more sympathy for them than anything else. They have been put in a position that they can’t handle. Management does not help them in any way, shape or form. Don’t blast them for their unscrupulous ways. Just be happy you only have a work relationship with them.

If you are looking for Merck to give you career guidence, that was 20 years ago.

We are not make TV sets or radios. We are talking about medicine in places that does not have the ability to oversee what we are doing. You get what you pay for. Expect 15% of the quality and 15% of the volume. It’s all smoke and mirrors. Remember the Bhopal disaster back in 1984-1985. Fix our issues here and we will be fine. Just make QA accountable along with the rest of Merck. As far as their many affairs, nothing can be done about that. It just shows their disgusting and sickening character. They never should have been hired in the first place.